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Zero Effect
...At Close Range.
Not a "detective" film, more from the opposite perspective. One of Christopher Walken's finest performances. With a young Sean Penn.
By the way, speaking of Walken, I always get a kick out of seeing King of New York, another gangster show. It goes over the top late in the film but is a real trippy trip. Also has one of my favorite actors, Roger Guenveur Smith. See him in the Huey P. Newton Story. Powerful!
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Let the Anti-Gandhi roar!
J.B.
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I was reminded of Ben Kingsley's performance when I posted re Hoskins/The Long Good Friday. Taking nothing away from either, there is a similarity to the roles as played. Incredible intensity. power and charisma.
Kingsley is a fabulous actor to watch, a real chameleon. One of the finest character actors.
I've ever witnessed. He was so intimidating that I felt "beat up" in the audience. Powerful performance.
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original hard as nails book by James M. Cain, possibly even improved in Raymond Chandler's screenplay...many have imitated, but none have really come close. And since this is noir, let me mention another favorite noir, Out of the Past, with Robert Mitchum at his best.
Although some inmates might not consider it as a "Detective/Crime Movie", I think it meets all of the necessary criteria... and it's also very re-viewable. Michael Mann's Manhunter also comes to mind.
Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Dir. Fritz Lang; 1922-23) - Parts I & II of the greatest classic crime detection series of all time.
Spione aka Spies (Dir. Fritz Lang; 1928) - Technically a spy drama, but with the investigative twists & turns of a classic detective story.
M (Dir. Fritz Lang; Peter Lorre; 1931) - first serial killer film; sub-genre of detective film.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Dir. Fritz Lang; 1933) - continuation of Lang's epic crime detection series.
Underworld (Dir. Joseph Von Sternberg; starring George Raft; 1927)
The Racket (Dir. Lewis Milestone; 1928)
Double Indemnity (Dir. Billy Wilder; Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson; 1944) - Fast paced hard-boiled crime melodrama derived from James M. Cain novella
The Big Sleep (Dir. Howard Hawks; 1946) - Bogart & Bacall in the complex Raymond Chandler story featuring private detective Phillip Marlowe.
The Third Man (Dir. Carol Reed; Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles; 1949) Cotton as amateur sleuth uncovering the secret behind the mysterious Harry Lime.
Touch of Evil (Dir. Orson Welles; Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh; 1958) - Murder, blackmail and intrigue south of the border.
Other (more contemporary) crime detection faves:
L.A. Confidential
Fargo
Se7en
The Usual Suspects
...So many great movies; so little time! :o)
Cheers,
AuPh
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..The Long Good Friday.
Hoskins and Mirren. Also a young Pierce Brosnan, as I recall.
This is one of the best. Intelligent, with relentless energy.
I remember what a delicious surprise the surprise was.
With all due respect to Bob Hoskins.
J.B.
But not Kagemusha.
Tom §.
Lots more of course from Asian cinema.
J.B.
Touch of Evil is a cruel film, almost sadistic, a masterpiece I would not like to see again.
Or maybe
Year Of Thye Dragon.
YECH
Too many outstanding choices. Most of the ones listed in this thread are great films.I thought "Mulholland Falls" was quite good.
It's hard to argue with "Bullitt." Also outstanding is "The French Connection."
Since China Town was already bespoken for. Also I'd add The Usual Suspects
Things are looking great
And they're only getting better
With Warren Beatty and Breathless Mahoney
..to name a favorite but I'll add a couple or three:
Bad Day At Black Rock
The Big Lebowski
Blood Simple
Fargo
Excellent choice. A real sleeper. Spencer Tracy was just outstanding.
Lots of great characters in this one! I want to see it again.
One of the very first featurtes in CinemaScope, with interesting uses of the camera in this format.
..about the use of the camera in Cinemascope format. That's an interesting note, Rico.
I haven't seen it in a while and, unfortunately, at the moment my laserdisc player is out for repair so I don;t have access to the film. But I should soon and will comment further. I just remember it as obvious playfulness with some angles.
To be more specific, I took your comment to imply that particular aspects of Cinemascope lent particular opportunities for uses of the camera not otherwise available. Maybe I read too much into it.
Still, I'm going to watch it again with a keen eye to the technical characteristics.
I'm still interested in more of your thoughts on this when you're ready.
Now, if I could just figure out why you don't like Missouri Breaks...........LOL! :^)
go ahead make my day!
While the CHARACTER Durty Harry does say this, it is not in the first film ("Dirty Harry") but in "Sudden Impact", the fourth.
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One of Don Cheadle's strong early supporting roles as Mouse: "If you didn't want me to kill him, why did you leave him alone with me?"
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"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." - Albert Einstein
the 1948 setting was so perfectly done!
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...in true Samurai Japan (as opposed to sofa samurais in Outside...), ya know, Kurosawa stuff...
It indeed is a masterpiece: it kept me glued to my seat the first time I saw it, and it never disappointed me a bit the three other times I´ve revisited it..., but it still isn´t a flic, not even a film noir...
Regards
BF
I was making a bit of fun of course as these questions always surfaces from time to time, but deep into me this transformation make me see it as a criminal film.
You may see that point.
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Laughton just saw his Rembrand again after years is quite a formidable acteur.
( Please do not reply in French if at all...)
I'm not a detective movie fan, but I liked that one a lot.
When you're circling the drain, it doesn't really matter whether you're spinning to the left or the right.
Jack was terrific, the rest of the film was not too shabby, either.
In my top ten of all time. Like reading about Lizzie Borden, the more you see it, the less you know (e.g. "Hollis and I were a lot closer than Evelyn realized").
Prime Suspect; Helen Mirren
USA: The Big Sleep ( Bogart/Bacall )
The Long Goodbye ( Elliot Gould )
Grins
How about that haunting theme(s) from the Long Goodbye. Can't find it. There's two version in the movie at the same time. "There's a long goodbye....and it happens every day.."
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It's Rare!
Grins
the train.
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